| Latest Feature Stories (Free access) eVTOLs: A New Bubble in Aviation?
PARIS --- Over the last ten years, the development of an Urban Air Mobility landscape has become an important trend in the air transportation industry. Unlike the jetliner market, historically oligopo... Latest Press Releases Next-Gen Fighter Slipping, Plan B Looking More Likely: Dassault CEO
PARIS --- The French-German-Spanish Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) program has already slipped by several years, and is now more likely to enter service in the 2050s than in the 2040s as originally pla... Swiss MoD Requests 9.3 Billion Francs to Buy F-35 and Patriot Missiles
In the Armaments Message 2022, the Federal Council asks the Federal Chambers for commitment appropriations for a total amount of 9.3 billion francs. These appropriations include the acquisition of the... MoD’s £2 Billion Agenda to Deliver UK Space Launch
A new, ambitious Defence Science & Technology agenda, backed by £2 billion of investment and including an exciting new satellite launch, has been commissioned today. Aimed at driving forward cuttin... MBDA Unveils New Family of Battlefield Missiles
MBDA presents AKERON, a unique family of fifth-generation tactical combat missiles, a quantum leap from the third and fourth generation weapons currently available on the market. This family inclu... In Lithuania, Germany's Scholz Vows to Strengthen NATO's Eastern Flank
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday arrived in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on his first official visit to a NATO country bordering Russia since the war in Ukraine started. Scholz met with t... Ceremony Marks Ukrainian Order for Polish-Made Self-Propelled Guns
"Until 2015, i.e. until the PO-PSL coalition ruled, the Polish Army was reduced. Military units were retired, and production in the domestic defense industry plants was also reduced. An example is Hut... Russia Claims it Controls 97% of Ukraine’s Luhansk Province
Russia claimed Tuesday it has assumed control over almost all of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials said their troops are standing their ground in fierce fighting with Moscow... Italy’s Next-Generation U212 NFS Submarines Begin to Take Shape
Four months after the start of production on January 11 at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard near La Spezia, the U12 NFS program is taking shape, with the beginning of the assembly of bow section 50, wh... Egypt Said to Near $3 Bn Eurofighter Purchase from Italy: Reports
Egypt is close to finalising a $3bn deal with Italy to acquire combat aircraft, following three years of negotiations, according to an Italian newspaper. Il Fatto Quotidiano quoted an Italian gover... Norway Says It Delivered M109 Self-Propelled Guns to Ukraine
Norway has donated 22 M109 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers. The donation also includes gear, spare parts and ammunition. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces depend on Western support and are in need... Australia’s Defence: Hard Choices for the New Government
In March, shortly before federal election, the Coalition government released a defence budget that continued its record of delivering the funding it promised in the 2016 defence white paper and 2020 d... India Opens $500M Defense Line of Credit for Vietnam: Ministers
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang in Hanoi on June 08, 2022. Wide-ranging discussions on effective and practical ... US Deploys Marine Corps KC-130J Tanker Squadron to Poland
ŁASK, Poland --- US Marines and KC-130J Super Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed to Łask Air Base, Poland, under the command of U.S. Air Fo... Royal Navy Destroyer Leads the Way in the Baltic
A Royal Navy warship is leading a US Navy task force during the largest joint military exercises in the Baltic this year. HMS Defender is serving as the flagship of Task Force Six Four (CTF 64) of ... Norway Envisions United Nordic Region in NATO
The fact that Sweden and Finland are applying for membership in NATO gives us the opportunity to further strengthen the defense of the Nordic countries. A Finnish and Swedish membership of NATO wil... RAF and Finnish Fighter Jets Exercise in High North
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters from 6 Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth are conducting enhanced training with F/A-18 Hornets of the Finnish Air Force in the High North as part of the UK-led Joint Expedition... US Navy Awards L3Harris $205M Contract for Passive EO/IR Capability
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- A team led by L3Harris Technologies has been selected to provide the Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrared (SPEIR) system to the U.S. Navy that will provide improved fleet pro... Northrop to Build Networking Prototype for DOD’s Connected Battlespace
SAN DIEGO --- Northrop Grumman Corporation and Aeronix, Inc. have been selected to build a secure connective networking layer in space that will help enable the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) vision... Denmark and Iceland Agree on Enhanced Surveillance in Arctic
Minister of Defense Morten Bødskov has signed a letter of intent with the Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs to exchange surveillance data between Denmark and Iceland. The agreement allows the A... Australia Revamps Aviation Safety Agency
The Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) has been restructured following a review that identified shortfalls in its service. The functional resource review, that began in 2020 and was put into ... | 